Motorist caught driving the wrong way on A46 at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
A driver has been banned after being caught the wrong way on an A-road - and was brought to justice by dashcam footage supplied by a member of the public.
The 25-year-old, from Coventry, appeared at Leamington Magistrates Court on Tuesday 20 January, where he was fined £500 and banned from driving for six months after pleading guilty to careless driving, driving without a licence and insurance.
The video from May last year, taken on the A46 at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, shows the driver meeting drivers travelling in the opposite direction. Rather than stopping, he activated his hazard lights and continued driving against the flow of traffic, passing oncoming drivers.
PC Ken Bratley, Road Safety Officer said “This man’s driving fell well below the standard of a competent and careful driver putting himself and others at risk of serious injury. We can only hope he uses the six-month ban to reflect on the potential consequences and takes responsibility by becoming a safer, better driver when he eventually returns to the roads.”
Warwickshire Police runs Operation Snap, which allow the public to submit footage. Among the offences it covers are driving dangerously or carelessly, overtaking on solid white lines, using a mobile phone while driving, ignoring traffic lights and dangerous driving around other road users, such as horse riders and cyclists.